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that he had not encamped there; and that Cap- 

 tain Ornmaney's discovery of similar vestiges on 

 Beechey Island shows that these cairns lie on the 

 direct track of a party moving between it and the 

 channel. These considerations, which Dr. Kane 

 argues and develops at length in his journal, clearly 

 justify the inference that these were evident traces 

 of the lost navigator. 



On the 27th inst. the officers of the American 

 and English squadrons were destined to meet a rich 

 reward of their toils, and to discover the most 

 important as well as the most interesting memorials 

 of Sir John Franklin which have ever been obtained. 

 Captain Penny's party had first observed them, and 

 news was immediately sent to Lieut. De Haven of the 

 propitious event. The latter, accompanied by Dr. 

 Kane and Commander Phillips of the English 

 squadron, immediately proceeded from the Advance, 

 over the ice, to the frozen shore of Beechey Island ; 

 and there they found the objects referred to in the 

 information which they had received. They con- 

 sisted of a piece of canvas, with the name of one of 

 Sir J. Franklin's ships, the " Terror," inscribed 

 upon it; a guide-board lying on the ground, having 

 been prostrated by the wind ; a large number of 

 tin canisters, which had contained preserved meats ; 



an anvil-block; a tub; an unfinished rope-mat; 

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